Francesca Riuzzi

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Riuzzi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Riuzzi has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Riuzzi's work include S100 Proteins and Annexins (21 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (18 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (16 papers). Francesca Riuzzi is often cited by papers focused on S100 Proteins and Annexins (21 papers), Advanced Glycation End Products research (18 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (16 papers). Francesca Riuzzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Francesca Riuzzi's co-authors include Guglielmo Sorci, Rosario Donato, Rosario Donato, Ileana Giambanco, David J. Weber, Carolyn L. Geczy, Kuang‐Hung Hsu, Brian R. Cannon, Cataldo Arcuri and Roberta Bianchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Riuzzi

43 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Functions of S100 Proteins

2012 1.0k citations Rosario Donato, Guglielmo Sorci et al. profile →
S100B's double life: Intracellular regulator and extracellular signal

2008 581 citations Rosario Donato, Guglielmo Sorci et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Riuzzi Italy	29	2.5k	741	735	568	432	45	3.6k
Guglielmo Sorci Italy	34	3.4k 1.4×	980 1.3×	990 1.3×	711 1.3×	671 1.6×	74	4.9k
Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski United States	40	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 2.1×	463 0.6×	618 1.1×	121 0.3×	70	5.1k
Takuya Awata Japan	44	2.3k 0.9×	859 1.2×	358 0.5×	852 1.5×	119 0.3×	163	6.4k
William H. Hoffman United States	36	2.2k 0.9×	510 0.7×	167 0.2×	634 1.1×	201 0.5×	114	5.1k
Jiin‐Haur Chuang Taiwan	34	1.3k 0.5×	313 0.4×	227 0.3×	329 0.6×	259 0.6×	166	3.6k
Fei Song United States	30	734 0.3×	416 0.6×	908 1.2×	397 0.7×	175 0.4×	81	2.7k
Hideto Yonekura Japan	36	1.3k 0.5×	490 0.7×	2.9k 3.9×	487 0.9×	111 0.3×	83	4.8k
Tolga Sursal United States	10	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	220 0.3×	244 0.4×	137 0.3×	21	3.3k
Marten Szibor Germany	26	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	200 0.3×	657 1.2×	64 0.1×	53	4.1k
Derek Strassheim United States	30	1.7k 0.7×	2.2k 2.9×	1.4k 2.0×	436 0.8×	83 0.2×	47	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Riuzzi

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Reano, Simone, Tommaso Manenti, Sara Chiappalupi, et al.. (2025). Diet-Derived Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) Induce Muscle Wasting In Vitro, and a Standardized Vaccinium macrocarpon Extract Restrains AGE Formation and AGE-Dependent C2C12 Myotube Atrophy. Antioxidants. 14(8). 900–900.

Ruggiero, Carmelinda, Carla Caffarelli, Valeria Calsolaro, et al.. (2025). Osteoporosis in Older Men: Informing Patient Management and Improving Health-Related Outcomes. Drugs & Aging. 42(1). 21–38.

Salvadori, Laura, Maria Laura Belladonna, Tommaso Manenti, et al.. (2024). Equisetum arvense standardized dried extract hinders age-related osteosarcopenia. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 174. 116517–116517. 2 indexed citations

Salvadori, Laura, Maria Laura Belladonna, Eleonora Panfili, et al.. (2022). KYMASIN UP Natural Product Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis and Improves Osteoblast Activity by Modulating Src and p38 MAPK. Nutrients. 14(15). 3053–3053. 4 indexed citations

Chiappalupi, Sara, et al.. (2021). Targeting RAGE to prevent SARS-CoV-2-mediated multiple organ failure: Hypotheses and perspectives. Life Sciences. 272. 119251–119251. 28 indexed citations

Chiappalupi, Sara, Guglielmo Sorci, Laura Salvadori, et al.. (2020). Targeting RAGE prevents muscle wasting and prolongs survival in cancer cachexia. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 11(4). 929–946. 80 indexed citations

Salvadori, Laura, Manuela Mandrone, Tommaso Manenti, et al.. (2020). Identification of Withania somnifera-Silybum marianum-Trigonella foenum-graecum Formulation as a Nutritional Supplement to Contrast Muscle Atrophy and Sarcopenia. Nutrients. 13(1). 49–49. 10 indexed citations

Bellezza, Ilaria, Francesca Riuzzi, Sara Chiappalupi, et al.. (2020). Reductive stress in striated muscle cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(18). 3547–3565. 37 indexed citations

Riuzzi, Francesca, Sara Chiappalupi, Cataldo Arcuri, et al.. (2019). S100 proteins in obesity: liaisons dangereuses. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(1). 129–147. 40 indexed citations

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Antognelli, Cinzia, et al.. (2018). Glyoxalase 1 sustains the metastatic phenotype of prostate cancer cells via EMT control. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 22(5). 2865–2883. 47 indexed citations

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Morozzi, Giulio, Sara Beccafico, Roberta Bianchi, et al.. (2017). Oxidative stress-induced S100B accumulation converts myoblasts into brown adipocytes via an NF-κB/YY1/miR-133 axis and NF-κB/YY1/BMP-7 axis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 24(12). 2077–2088. 46 indexed citations

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Chiappalupi, Sara, Francesca Riuzzi, Stefania Fulle, Rosario Donato, & Guglielmo Sorci. (2014). Defective RAGE activity in embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma cells results in high PAX7 levels that sustain migration and invasiveness. Carcinogenesis. 35(10). 2382–2392. 19 indexed citations

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Mitola, Stefania, Guglielmo Sorci, Francesca Riuzzi, et al.. (2014). Phosphocaveolin-1 Enforces Tumor Growth and Chemoresistance in Rhabdomyosarcoma. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e84618–e84618. 30 indexed citations

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Riuzzi, Francesca, Guglielmo Sorci, Roberta Sagheddu, & Rosario Donato. (2012). HMGB1/RAGE regulates muscle satellite cell homeostasis via p38 MAPK/myogenin-dependent repression of Pax7 transcription. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 6). 1440–54. 75 indexed citations

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Cunha, Cristina, Gloria Giovannini, Antonio Pierini, et al.. (2011). Genetically-Determined Hyperfunction of the S100B/RAGE Axis Is a Risk Factor for Aspergillosis in Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27962–e27962. 40 indexed citations

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Sorci, Guglielmo, Francesca Riuzzi, Cataldo Arcuri, et al.. (2010). The many faces of S100B protein: when an extracellular factor inactivates its own receptor and activates another one. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology. 115(1/2). 147–151. 18 indexed citations

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Pericolini, Eva, Elena Gabrielli, Giovanni Bistoni, et al.. (2010). Role of CD45 Signaling Pathway in Galactoxylomannan-Induced T Cell Damage. PLoS ONE. 5(9). e12720–e12720. 23 indexed citations

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Donato, Rosario, Guglielmo Sorci, Francesca Riuzzi, et al.. (2008). S100B's double life: Intracellular regulator and extracellular signal. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1793(6). 1008–1022. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Riuzzi, Francesca, Guglielmo Sorci, & Rosario Donato. (2006). S100B stimulates myoblast proliferation and inhibits myoblast differentiation by independently stimulating ERK1/2 and inhibiting p38 MAPK. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 207(2). 461–470. 34 indexed citations

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Sorci, Guglielmo, Francesca Riuzzi, Anna Lisa Agneletti, Cristina Marchetti, & Rosario Donato. (2003). S100B causes apoptosis in a myoblast cell line in a RAGE‐independent manner. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 199(2). 274–283. 55 indexed citations

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